Improvement in chinch-bug destroyers



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chinch -Bug Destr y 165L099. 4 Patented March23,l875.

TH E GRAPHIC CO.PHOT0:LITH.39 8:.4-1 PARK PLACE, NY.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()rrrcn JOHN GOCHRAN, JR., OF ROSGOE, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHlNCH-BUG DESTROVERS Specification forming part ofLetters Patent No. 161,099, dated March 23, 1875; application filedSeptember 11, 1874. I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J OHN CCCHRAN, J r., of

Roscoe, in the county of st. Clair and State of Missouri, have inventedcertain new'and useful Improvements in Ohinch-Bug Destroyers and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art towhich it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a machine for destroying chinch-bugs by fire, as will be hereinaftermore fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a plan view of my machine; andFig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same through the line00 as, Fig. 1.

A represents a fire-box of any suitable dimensions, provided with agrate, B, and a draft-opening, a, along the lower front edge thereof.From the back of the fire-box A extends a broad flue, O, for a suitabledistance toward the rear, with an opening, b, along the rear edge at thebottom for the escape of the heat and smoke. In the rear part of thefirebox A is a curved partition, D, forming the back wall of thefire-box. This partition may be made of the sheet metal doubled, asshown in Fig. 2, or otherwise, as may be desired. 01 represents the axleof the machine passing through the rear part of the fire-box through orclose by the partition D, and provided with a bearing-wheel, E, on eachend. To the axle d is attached a bail, G, which is secured to and alongthe lower side .and front edges of the fire-box or furnace A, and haspoles H or shafts attached to it. Fire being made in the furnace A themachine is drawn by one or two horses over the ground where the bugsare, and the bottom-plate of the flue G becoming heated, the bugs aresoon destroyed by the radiated heat from said bottom-plate, as well asfrom the heat and smoke escaping through the opening I).

The machine may be made of sheet-iron or other suitable material, and ischeap to manufacture, and durable and effective in operation.

I am aware that it is not new to destroy weeds and insects by blowing aflame upon the ground by means of a blower, in connection with a furnacemounted upon runners, find I, therefore, lay no claim to such deviceHaving thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the fire-box or furnace A, broad elongated flue O toextend toward the rear, with bottom-exit b, axle 01, wheels E, anddraft-bail G, all constructed substantially as and for the purposesherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JoHN COOHRAN, JR.

Witnesses A. B. FREEMAN, P. P. DOYLE.

